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Schweinepriester

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Schweinepriester (literal translation Swine priest) is a German pejorative denoting a repugnant male person. Grimm's Deutsches Wörterbuch defines Schweinpriester or Schweinepriester as a word for an unclean or foul-mouthed person (an unreinlichen oder unflätigen Menschen).

The expression is documented since the 19th century. Originally, it denoted swine-herders in the service of a monastery who were also tasked with castrating of piglets.

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Schweinepriester Wikipedia


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